Le foot va-t-il exploser / Is Football Going to Self-Implode?

IS FOOTBALL GOING TO SELF-IMPLODE? Finding a Way to Regulate the Economics of Football

Rights Holder: Editions de l'AubeOriginal Language: French

A clear analysis of the exploding salaries of star football players and what that means to the economy of the sport on an international level.

Football is both an international sport and a social phenomenon. It has gone through a period of exponential development following substantial investments made by billionaires, the explosion of TV rights and profits from merchandising. The increasing number of transfers and the salaries paid have reached historic records. In 2017 alone, European teams spent more than 5 billion Euros.

However, this dynamic is fragile and the risk of the football bubble bursting is very real. But above all, behind this vision of a flourishing economy hides a harsher reality of the inequalities in the treatment between the rare superstars and the overwhelming majority of those players with modest incomes.

Pierre Rondea and Richard Bouigue explain why salaries have skyrocketed and offers solutions on how to protect the football economy.